Police chase man driving on four bare rims

UNDETERRED by the fact his wheels had been ripped off by tyre spikes, a dangerous driver continued speeding and overtaking other drivers before his violent arrest.

Corey James Ling, 23, pleaded guilty to 16 charges in Maroochydore Magistrates Court which included possessing counterfeit money, dangerous operation of a vehicle, failure to stop for police, leaving the scene of a crash, and possessing a knife in a public place.

The court heard on October 26 last year Ling took police on a 35km chase which started when he reversed into a parked car, narrowly missing three people.

As he sped off, a police car had to take evasive action to avoid a crash and gave chase.

Ling increased his speed and overtook several cars before officers lost sight of him.

Another police car was alerted and began to follow, witnessing Ling travelling at 150km/h in a 100km/h zone.

He continued to overtake cars and swerve around a tyre-deflation device before merging onto the Bruce Highway

Ling went on to speed through a roadworks zone, go the wrong way around a roundabout and drive through an Aldi carpark.

He drove over a second lot of tyre spikes which deflated all four of his tyres, but he kept driving even after his rims were left exposed.

Ling put up a fight with police during his arrest.

Lawyer Ben Rynderman argued his client should be released immediately to parole and said the offences were "reflective of a time in his life he's put behind him”.

Magistrate Matthew McLaughlin rejected the submission and said Ling could have killed someone on "numerous occasions”.

"It's appalling behaviour,” he said.

"If you hadn't been driving like an idiot in the first place, they (the police) wouldn't have wanted to pull you over.”

Mr McLaughlin ordered Ling to a head sentence of 12 months' imprisonment with parole release after he serves four months behind bars.

Ling and his girlfriend shared an emotional goodbye in the court room, crying and hugging before he was led to the watchhouse.